It's a Queer World

<p style="text-align: justify;">There is extensive evidence that the US is moving to embrace full equality for lesbian and g...

The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Tuesday ruled in favor of a transgender woman who was fired from her General Assembly job after dis...

Could Zimbabwe really be the second African country to build LGBT protection into it's constitution? Zimbabwe, where the tyrant Robert M...

Anna Grodzka has become Poland's first openly transgender parliamentarian. Grodzka, who transitioned last year, secured a place in the S...

The United Nations says gay men in India are denied HIV care because of discriminatory laws  "David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Mili...

"One of the fascinating snippets in a new opinion poll on same sex marriage and more general LGBT equality, is that opposition to queer...

b. 14th June, 1950 In the UK, any public suggestion of homosexuality would once have been a kiss of death: no more. Prime Minister now s...

After the original narrow passage in the lower house of the New South Wales Parliament, it's been somewhat of a to and fro struggle, but...

Breaking news today is that the New South Wales state assembly has narrowly approved a bill to put LGBT and heterosexual couples on an equal...

Hadrian was an accomplished military ruler, but owes his fame more to his success as a wise and civilized leader and administrator, who help...

In New Jersey, the recent focus for news on marriage equality was the unsuccessful political process which aimed to slip legislation in duri...

After I placed a report this week on the UN accreditation for an LGBT Human Rights Group , I noted in a comment that it is important as we c...

In a most welcome development, an LGBT human rights group has just won accreditation for observer status at the UN - over strenuous oppositi...

In the first six months of the year, three countries have already approved legal recognition for same sex marriage, up from just two last ye...

Over the last year or so there have been many notable anniversaries of landmarks on the way to LGBT equality: 40 since since Stonewall (June...

It is now 10 years since the start of legal recognition for same sex unions in Vermont, just 11 years after a comparable start in Denmark. F...

When two Austrian men, Mr Schalk and Mr Kopf, took their pursuit of the right to marry to the European Court of Human Rights, there were som...

In Iceland, legall recognition for same sex marriage has taken effect. I wonderful symbolism, Johanna Sigurdardottir,the country's PM, w...

In Wisconsin, adoption by same sex couples is not recognised. Gay men and lesbians may adopt, but only as individuals. So when lesbian coupl...

In Louisiana, as in many other states, adoption by same sex couples is not possible, but is not prohibited by state constitutional ban.  Rat...